Article Number: 125
Created On: 2008-07-24 11:19 AM
URL : http://www.guidedways.com/kb/question.php?ID=125
Confirmed Dates:
United Kingdom is celebrating Ramadan on
Saturday, the 22nd of August.
Indonesia is celebrating Ramadan on
Saturday, the 22nd of August.
Turkey will begin fast on August 21st, Friday.
In
Egypt, Malaysia,
Brunei Darussalam and Korea Ramadan is on the
22nd of August (Saturday).
Countries accepting unity based on Astronomical Calculations:
The Islamic Society of North America (
ISNA)
has announced that Ramadan will start in North America on
Saturday 22nd August
according to astronomical calculations (
the astronomical New Moon is on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:01 Universal Time (1:01 pm Makkah time).
The European Council for Fatwa and Research
(
ECFR) said Ramadan starts in Europe a day earlier, also based on
astronomical calculations (i.
e. 21st August 2009)
Some countries, including Iran, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Oman, Morocco and Mauritania, will be
sighting the new moon
on Friday, August 21.
Bosnian Muslims will also start fasting on Friday, August 21.
Muslims in Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro will also mark the start of Ramadan on August 21st, Friday.